Silo hoop



ti t) tnltlhtlt implication tiled February To allee/om tmay Concern.'

le it known that l, @wenn V. trinnitlntn, a citizen ot the United patates, residing at ldloornlield, inthe county o Greene and @State ot indiana, have invented a new and useful tiilo lroop7 oit which the tollen/'ingr is a specification. p

rlhis invention relates to silo hoops and to lugs tor use in connection therenfitlnone ot the objects ot' the invention being.; to provide a means wherebyY hoops can be placed regular intervals and close together upon a silo Where doors are torined in the 4walls at regular intervals, the construction oit the hoops being suoh that portions thereof `will extend around the door openingijs so that the doors Will in no way interfere with the pleeing oit the hoops and, oonseouentljv, the hoops can he arranged closer tonether than heretofore, thereby insuring a stronger and more rigid silo structure than would other- Wise be possible.

it further object is to provide lugs oi novel construction for use in Connection with the ore 'nary hoops or rods and Whieh lugs allow for the arii'anggeinent oft the hoops so that they will entend ai' ond a silo .in the saine horizontal plane wi the doors therein, thus giving the saine strength as where the same number et hoops are errang-red around a silo eontainino; no doors.

rt still :t'urther objet t 's to provide hoops so constructed thatone ot thein een he placed i over every stave unit in the silo.

llVith the 'toregoinp,` and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention residesin the combination `and arrangement ot parts and in the details ot construction hereinatter deA scribed. and claimed, it beine onde ood that., Within the scope ol. what is claimed, changes in the preeise embodiment oi' the invention shown can he made without des parti op trom the spirit ot the inra-motion.

lo the accompanyinp; drawings the preferred torni ot the invention has been shown.

ln said elrawings l Figure l is a liront elevation ot a portion ot' a silo having the present iinprovenie-zuts eornhined therewith.

lligu re 2 is a seetion on line 2-, lTio'ure il. Figure 3 is a section on line 3 3. l Referring to the ligures bjv Charamers ot reference l designates a silo structure pret erabljv termed ot staves and in the structure are provided superposed door openings Q..

lioops in the toiin oit rods are extended straightaround the silo betweenthe doors in the usual manner, the ends ot the hoops being Connected together by ot' the usual construction and one et which has been illustrated in Figure 3. Each ot these hoops 3 is extended through tie plates 5 located adjacent the upperl and lower ends of the door opening 2, the said tie `plates being` snl'stantially parallel and the hoops being extended through the cente thereof. laeh tie plate is provided near its ends with openings t5 and these openings are adapted to receive the intermediate portions ot tie rods the ends ot which are otlset at angles as shown at The tree ends ot these te rods are screw threaded and are extended through angular lugs 9, there being' openings l() in the end portions ot these lugs tor the' :reception ot the tie rods. Said tie rods can be secured in place in any suitable Inanner, as hy ineens ot nuts ll. The tie rods are arranged above and below the door openings and the ends 8 thereof are adapted to converge towards the lugs 9, these lugs being); located beyond the sides ot the door openings. it hoop l2 in the torni oit a. rod extended partly around the silo and has its ents screw threaded and extending through the centers oit the lugs 9 at opposite sides oil one ot the door openings 2. rlhe ends ot this hoop areengasged by nuts lwhich serve to draw the hoop tightly about the silo and to pull throiiggh the rods and their otlset portions 8 upon the tie plates 5.

linge 9 are located adjacent opposite sides ot each door opening and the tie rods ex tending: therefrom are arranged ahore and below the door opening. A.. similar arrange ment is provided tor each ot these openings and one hoop is connected to each pair ot lues 9. lllaeh hoop 8 is oonneeted to the tie rod 7 shove and below it by the tie plate 5 niounted on said hoop and thus it will he seen that When the nuts '11. and 123 are tightened the hoops l2 will be drawn taut about the silo and Will hold together securely in horizontal planes i nterseeting the door open ings 2 where it has heretofore been impossible to provide hoops.

Attention is ealled to the :tact that this arrangement ot hoops close togetheris permissible in the present instance Without the use ot heat/jv and expensive trames extendin@r around the door openings. Consequently the costv ot construction. of a silo provided with hoops such as described in the present case is materially reduced without, however, reducing the etlieieney ot' the silo.

TvVhat is claimed l. In a silo structure snperposed tie rods arranged in pairs, 'the ends of the rods of each pair converging, tie plates connecting the tie rods oit adjoining pairs, lugs connecting the converging ends of the rods ot each pair, and a hoop secured at its ends to the lugs of each pair.

2. In a silo structure the Combination with superposed hoops for extending continuously around a silo, and tie plates mount-ed on each hoop, of tie rods arranged in pairs and extending through the tie plates, the ends of the tie rods of each pair converging, lugs adjnstably connected to the converging; ends of the tie rods of each pair for holding seid ends together.l and hoops nlerpmfwl lwtn'een the iirst mentioned hoops :md ndjnslahlj' fastened at their ends to ther huls.

f5. in a silo structure the cmnh'nntion with opposed lugs, said ings heing arranged in snperposed pairs, ot hoops earh having its4 ends adjustably secured to the lngrs of one pair, tie rods Connecting the ings of nach pair, and means Connecting the tie rods of adjoining` pairs for holding the tie rods o1' each pair spread apart nt intermediate points.

In testirnom7 that .T claim the` foregoingr as my own, l have hereto uilixed my signutnre in the presence ot two Witnesses. i

GLENN V. HLA l) VTLLE.

vilitnesses PALMER BoLns, .Turns Frrzmrmon. 

